SpellABCD FAQs

Entering the Sign Up information helps us support you better and keep you updated with the latest news. If there are any issues with your account, we can compare your sign up data to your current data to help fix an issue.

You need to enter First Name*, Last Name, I am a*, phone number, zip code, institution name, unique Class Code*, your password*.

The ones with the asterick are required.

If you are a teacher and are installing the SpellABCD system into your classroom, choose Teacher and enter the grade you are registering in your classroom. If you are a family installing on your home for you children, choose Parent. Anything else, choose Other (like clubs, libraries, other type of schools, etc.)

Yes, in your Parent / Teacher dashboard, click Edit Sign Up Information and you will be taken to the update form where you can change any of the fields.

It is stored in a secure area only accessible by the correct credentials.

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We take reasonable measures to protect the information you provide from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, please be aware that no data transmission over the internet or storage method is 100% secure.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date.

Last updated: September 12, 2025

Your web account is your key to accessing the interactive parts of SpellABCD. You will need an account to:

• Manage Student Access: Create and manage individual student logins, allowing your children or students to play the SpellABCD web games.
• Join the Community: Participate in our forum to share ideas and connect with other parents and teachers.
• Play Games: Your students / children will have a minimal login (class code and PIN) to play SpellABCD games.

If you don't need access to the web games or the forum, then no account is required.

Think of the Class Code as the address for your private classroom. When a student enters this code, it unlocks the door to a special login page that shows *only* the student usernames you have created.

From there, your child or student simply picks their name from the list and enters their personal PIN to start playing. It's a simple, two-step process designed specifically for kids who don't have their own email addresses. You get to create the code, so you can make it something easy for everyone to remember, like msgray or Johnsons1823.

We want to be transparent about our web login and account system. Our original vision was for SpellABCD to be as simple as possible, ideally without any logins at all. Unfortunately, the realities of the modern internet require us to prioritize the safety and privacy of your students and children above all else. So the web games require logins and pins.

Implementing this security is a step we took thoughtfully to protect your family's data from misuse. We sincerely apologize for this added complexity and hope you see it as our commitment to providing a secure learning environment. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to make SpellABCD both fun and safe.

Got to your Parent/Teacher Dashboard. In the Create a New Student Account area, enter a student name. You can enter John or John Smith. Names need to be unique. If you have multiple Johns, enter John H or John P. All of these are acceptable names. Enter one name at a time.

No, you must delete the misspelled name and re-add it correctly.

Yes. Just go back to your Parent / Teacher dashboard and Create a New Student Account.

Yes, since you add spelling words and sentences for a particular student.

Yes, but some games are much better on a computer screen or on a tablet. And on the tablet, landscape mode may be a better experience.

Login to your Parent / Teacher dashboard and click the Spelling Words button next to the child's name. Then you can add words one at a time (type in the word and press Add Word). Or you can add multiple words on the line separated by commas (snow, sled, winter, ice) and press Add Word.

Highlight the word and click Delete Word.

Highlight the word and click Change word. Type in the new word spelled correctly and click OK.

It will erase all your words so you can start over again.

This is a powerful command. It will copy all the words in the word list you are looking at to all the other children in your class.

The Copy All feature is designed for exactly this. Imagine you have a new set of vocabulary words for the week.

1. Set up the words and sentences for a single student.
2. Click Copy to All Students.
3. Instantly, that same set of words is assigned to every other student in the class, saving you valuable time.

Yes. You can make multiple changes. When done click Save Word List. If you click Exit by mistake and you have made changes, the program will catch that and remind you to Save.

Yes, they are sorted A to Z.

Yes, just click Spell Check and it will spell check all the words displayed in your Word List box.

Login to your Parent / Teacher dashboard and click the Spelling Sentences button next to the child's name. Then New Sentences if you want an internet Artificial Intelligence (AI) program to pick them for you. Or you can add your own sentences by typing in the sentence and pressing Add Sentence.

You can Replace All, Keep Some, or Cancel. Replace all will go out to the AI program and get you new sentences for you to review. The program will ask you for a grade level. Pick a grade level of the sentences you would like. The grade level is just an approximation. It is relative. Tenth grade sentences should be more sophisticated than eighth grade sentences, for example. You can experiment. If you don’t like the sentence. Just replace them with another grade level if you like.

If you press Keep Some, you can select the sentence you want (click a sentence) to keep (that you like) and the AI program will replace the others in the list.

Highlight the sentence and click Delete Sentence.

Highlight the sentence and click Change Sentence. Change it. Once it is the way you want it, click OK.

Yes, just click Spell Check and it will spell check all the sentences displayed in your Sentence List box.

Click one of the buttons on the SpellABCD.com web site to play a game. Or, click the Login / Signup top navigation button. Then, click Students - Play Web Games. Login with your class code, your name and PIN. Then, choose Spelling Words

The game will go through each of the spelling words for that student in a random order. It will say the word (i.e, “Spell winter”). Then the user can guess a letter, one at a time. If that letter is in the word, it will put the word up on the screen. You only get 5 wrong guesses. If you get the word, you go onto the next word. If you don’t get the word, the program will show you the word and then you can go on to the next word.

On the keyboard, you will see either green or red keys. The green keys are successful letters you have used. The red keys are missed letters you have used.

You can use the keyboard provided in the game by clicking or touching the letter to guess. Or, if you have an external keyboard, you can use it to guess a letter.

Click one of the buttons on the SpellABCD.com web site to play a game. Or, click the Login / Signup top navigation button. Then, click Students - Play Web Games. Login with your class code, your name and PIN. Then, choose Spelling Sentences

First, press the Start Game button. The program begin to say the first sentence out loud. After a second or 2 to absorb the sentence in the student’s mind, he/she can type the sentence into the entry bar. Remember to capitalize the first word and put the appropriate punctuation at the end of the sentence. If the child wants to hear the sentence out loud again, press speaker icon. If the student thinks the sentence is correct, press Guess. If the guess is correct the game will tell you. If he/she misses it, the game will explain the error(s) and will show you the correct sentence. When you have guessed all your sentences, the game will end.

There are 2 Out of Bounds program types.

• One is the Game Board version where you can play with multiple students on one computer.
• The other is the Web version where you can play with multiple students in different areas or on different computers.

Click one of the buttons on the SpellABCD.com web site to play a game. Then, click Students - Play Web Games. Login with your class code, your name and PIN. Then, choose either Out of Bounds Web or Out of Bounds Game Board.

For the Game Board verison, it will ask you to choose all the players who are playing, before you begin.

For the Web verison, after you connect, you (the host) will invite users to play with you.

After you choose the students who are playing, Click the Let's Play button. You can also set the difficulty level to easy (top right quadrant only) or hard (all 4 quadrants).

When your name is announced, Pick a Card. When the button turns green, it's your turn. Click it! A card will show your next position on the grid. Move your mouse to that spot and click that coordinate to place your piece.

Click the Connect button to get online, then enter the username you would like to use and click Set Username. To set up the game, One person needs to be the Host to create the game.

For the Host:

1. Click the Create OOB Game button.
2. Choose the 'easy' or 'hard' difficulty level.
3. A Game ID will appear. Share this ID with all the other players.
4. Once everyone has joined, click the Start Game button to begin!

For all the Other Players:

1. Get the Game ID from the Host.
2. Enter the ID into the box and click the Join Game button.
3. You'll wait in the game lobby until the Host starts the game.

Take Your Turn: When your name is announced and the Pick a Card button turns green, it's your move. Click it!

Make Your Move: A card will show your next spot on the grid. Move your mouse to that coordinate and click to place your piece.

You have 45 seconds to make a move when it is your turn. If you don’t make a move, your turn is skipped. If you miss 6 turns in a row, you are kicked out of that game and the game will notify you of that situation when you return to the game. So don’t leave the game!

The Out of Bounds game really has no winners or losers. It is a game that’s real intention is to teach you about the coordinate plane and building core graphing skills. That said, the goal is to move your piece Out of Bounds. So when you have the option to move in multiple directions, pick the direction toward the edges of the coordinate grid if you want to win before anybody else.

Yes, in either the Board Game Version or the We Game Version, you can play by yourself. Note that, if you do play by yourself, you will not hear the voice prompts telling you to pick a card.

Click one of the buttons on the SpellABCD.com web site to play a game. Then, click Students - Play Web Games. Login with your class code, your name and PIN. Then, choose Math Dance.

Customize the game to match your student's skill level. You can set:

• High Limit Numbers: Choose the maximum number that can appear in the problems. (e.g., setting it to 10 means problems will use numbers between 0-10).
• Operations: Select addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
• Time Limit: Set how many seconds the player must answer each question.
• Number of Problems: Choose how many problems to solve to complete the game.

Click the Start Gameto begin answering math problems.

Click one of the buttons on the SpellABCD.com web site to play a game. Then, click Students - Play Web Games. Login with your class code, your name and PIN. Then, choose States & Capitals.

1. A set of blanks will appear, showing the number of letters in a US capital's name.
2. Type letters one by one to guess the capital.
3. If you guess a correct letter, it will appear in the blanks.
4. Be careful! You only have 5 misses before you have to move on.

Once you correctly guess the capital city, you'll then be asked to type in the name of the state where that capital is located.

The game is over once you have finished the 10 capitals in your game session. Good luck!

On the keyboard, you will see either green or red keys. The green keys are successful letters you have used. The red keys are missed letters you have used.

You can use the keyboard provided in the game by clicking or touching the letter to guess. Or, if you have an external keyboard, you can use it to guess a letter.

Click one of the buttons on the SpellABCD.com web site to play a game. Then, click Students - Play Web Games. Login with your class code, your name and PIN. Then, choose Periodic Table Elements.

1. A set of blanks will appear, showing the number of letters for an element.
2. Type letters one by one to guess the element.
3. If you guess a correct letter, it will appear in the blanks.
4. Be careful! You only have 5 misses before you have to move on.

Once you correctly guess the element, you'll then be asked to choose the subgroup that element belongs to.

The game is over once you have finished the 10 elements presented in your game session. Good luck!

On the keyboard, you will see either green or red keys. The green keys are successful letters you have used. The red keys are missed letters you have used.

You can use the keyboard provided in the game by clicking or touching the letter to guess. Or, if you have an external keyboard, you can use it to guess a letter.